The difference between Collection and Lot

When used as nouns, collection means a set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together, whereas lot means a large quantity or number.


Lot is also verb with the meaning: to allot.

check bellow for the other definitions of Collection and Lot

  1. Collection as a noun:

    A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.

    Examples:

    "The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk."

    "The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."

  2. Collection as a noun:

    Multiple related objects associated as a group.

    Examples:

    "He has a superb coin collection."

  3. Collection as a noun:

    The activity of collecting.

    Examples:

    "'Collection of trash will occur every Thursday."

  4. Collection as a noun (topology, analysis):

    A set of sets.

  5. Collection as a noun:

    A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.

  6. Collection as a noun (law):

    Debt collection.

  7. Collection as a noun (obsolete):

    The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.

  8. Collection as a noun (UK):

    The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

  9. Collection as a noun (in the plural, UK, Oxford University):

    A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.

  10. Collection as a noun:

    The quality of being collected; calm composure.

  1. Lot as a noun:

    A large quantity or number; a great deal.

    Examples:

    "to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so"

  2. Lot as a noun:

    A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

    Examples:

    "a lot of stationery"

  3. Lot as a noun:

    One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

  4. Lot as a noun (informal):

    A number of people taken collectively.

    Examples:

    "a sorry lot; a bad lot'"

  5. Lot as a noun:

    A distinct portion or of land, usually smaller than a field.

    Examples:

    "a building lot in a city"

  6. Lot as a noun:

    That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

  7. Lot as a noun:

    Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

    Examples:

    "to cast lots; to draw lots'"

  8. Lot as a noun:

    The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

  9. Lot as a noun:

    A prize in a lottery.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Evelyn"

  10. Lot as a noun:

    Allotment; lottery.

  11. Lot as a noun (definite, '''the lot'''):

    All members of a set; everything.

    Examples:

    "The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot."

    "If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them."

  12. Lot as a noun:

    An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

  1. Lot as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To allot; to sort; to apportion.

  2. Lot as a verb (US, informal, dated):

    To count or reckon (on or upon).